IFC
Give your smart
phone a vacation
Wrap your smart phone in a
beach towel and put it in a
drawer for an hour...or a day.
You’ll both return refreshed.
Need some help slowing down
the pinwheel of distraction?
Back-burner
what’s nipping
at your attention
Instead of acting upon every
distracting thought that pops
into your head, make a list
of them, promising yourself
to come back to them later.
When you do, you may be
surprised to find how many
things weren’t really worth
doing in the first place.
Partnering with the present
moment for over 10 years.
Researchers at the University of London’s Institute of Psychiatry
discovered that workers involved in multi-tasking
experienced a sharper drop in IQ than if they had been
smoking marijuana or had stayed up all night. And the more
we multi-task, the more we reinforce this habit of distraction.
So if you still think multi-tasking is the best use of your time, then
— wait a minute. What was the question?
Mindfulness practice may not be able to make your demands
less demanding, but the ability to see clearly what’s really the
most important use of your attention—in any moment, and every
moment—can make a huge difference.
Ask us how our executive trainings can help you stop
training your brain to be distracted, and start bringing
focus to the bottom line.
www.harvardpilgrim.org/mindfulness
mindthemoment@harvardpilgrim.org
Get away from it all
If you’re having a meeting
with a colleague, cut yourself
loose from your computer,
your phone, even your office.
Suggest meeting over tea, or
outside (if you happen to live
closer to the equator than
we do, that is). See if you and
your colleague get more done
when your attention is not
being compromised.